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23 “I feel great, just great!”: “Jubilant Smith Thanks Florida Jurors After Swift Not-Guilty Verdict,” Deseret News, December 12, 1991.
24 “If there’s anything good”: “Jubilant Smith Thanks Florida Jurors.”
25 “enormous debt to the system and to God”: Jordan, “Jury Finds Smith Not Guilty of Rape.”
26 “My life was in their hands”: Margolick, “Smith Acquitted of Rape Charge.”
27 “Nobody heard it”: “Smith Juror Says First Vote Made ‘Not Guilty’ Obvious,” New York Times, December 13, 1991.
28 “prayer for Patty”: Dunne, “The Verdict.”
29 “I do not for one moment regret the action”: Margolick, “Smith Acquitted of Rape Charge.”
30 “A not-guilty verdict does not equate to innocence”: Margolick.
31 “To some people, this has been entertainment”: “Willie Smith’s Accuser Fainted Upon Hearing Verdict.”
32 Roy Black and Lea Haller: Karen S. Schneider, “Love and the Law,” People, March 6, 1995.
33 Assaulting a bouncer: Associated Press, “William Kennedy Smith Charged in Assault,” New York Times, October 24, 1993.
34 “with his mother in Ireland for the holidays”: Charles W. Hall, “William Kennedy Smith Pleads No Contest in Assault,” Washington Post, November 23, 1993.
35 Claims of sexual harassment: Nathaniel Hernandez, “Kennedy Cousin Denies Assault, Quits Job to Fight Sex Allegations,” Herald-Review, August 31, 2004.
36 “vulnerable to these kinds of untruths”: Donal Lynch, “Nightmare in Palm Beach,” Independent (UK), December 2, 2007.
Chapter 47
1 “the best public relations a trust fund can buy”: Margaret Carlson, “Divorce, Kennedy-style,” Time, May 12, 1997.
2 “more in touch with the scandals”: Elizabeth Mehren, “Crisis Crosses Camelot’s Moat in Massachusetts,” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1997.
3 “emblems of a tabloid time”: Debra Rosenberg, “A Dynasty in Decline,” Newsweek, June 22, 1997.
4 Sheila Rauch Kennedy’s book Shattered Faith: Rosenberg, “A Dynasty in Decline.”
5 “Catholic gobbledygook”: Michael Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids,” Vanity Fair, August 1997.
6 “seen as the future of the clan”: Pam Lambert, “A Betrayal in the Family,” People, May 12, 1997.
7 “No one was jealous”: J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 118.
8 “a lot like Bobby”: Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids.”
9 “resemblance was so striking”: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 257.
10 “neither one gets what the other does”: Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids.”
Chapter 48
1 Vicki looks for Michael: J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 136.
2 “would call her parents”: Margaret Carlson, “Divorce, Kennedy-style,” Time, May 12, 1997.
3 Babysitter moves in: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 129.
4 Family vacations: Michael Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids,” Vanity Fair, August 1997.
5 Making people uncomfortable: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 129, 142.
6 Vicki finds Michael in Marisa’s room: Taraborrelli, 136.
7 “straight arrow”: Corky Siemaskzo, “An Accident Kills a Kennedy Promise Waned with Sex Scandal,” New York Daily News, January 1, 1998.
8 “something snapped”: Patrick Rogers, “Death in Aspen,” People, January 19, 1998.
9 “wasn’t a mean drunk, just reckless”: Rogers, “Death in Aspen.”
10 Family intervention: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 132.
11 “I had a dependence on alcohol”: “Passages,” People, February 27, 1995.
12 “No one has hidden behind alcoholism”: Shnayerson, “Bobby’s Kids.”
13 “indomitable” Rose: Associated Press, “Rose Kennedy Eulogized as ‘Ambitious’ for Family,” SF Gate, January 25, 1995.
14 Funeral: Phil McCombs, “Mother of the Century,” Washington Post, January 25, 1995.
15 “kick his [ass]”: Debra Rosenberg, “A Dynasty in Decline,” Newsweek, June 22, 1997.
16 “We talk to each other a lot”: Rosenberg, “A Dynasty in Decline.”
17 “This is the girl you’re going to hell for?” Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 147–48.
18 “angry, hurt, sad, confused”: Taraborrelli, 149.
19 “Fucking Kennedy Curse”: Taraborrelli, 149.
Chapter 49
1 “really be on the warpath”: J. Randy Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019), 150–51.
2 “sleeping with the Kennedy guy”: Pam Lambert, “A Betrayal in the Family,” People, May 12, 1997.
3 “caught in bed with him”: Lambert, “A Betrayal in the Family.”
4 “someone with a heart could’ve answered”: Taraborrelli, The Kennedy Heirs, 234.